Meaning of little emperor | Babel Free

Definitions

In contemporary China, a child with no siblings who is regarded as overly protected and spoiled. (Seen as belonging to a generation which is a product of China's "one-child" policy.)

idiomatic

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Examples

“Chinese psychologists recently have also written extensively about the emergence of so-called little emperors—arrogant, spoiled children who grow up without siblings.”

“The Chinese have a special name for those tots: xiao huangdi, or "little emperors."”

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